A Long Island woman who sued her former church for $4 million, claiming she suffered serious injuries when a minister pushed her to the floor while trying to bless her, settled her case yesterday for $80,000.

“She was caused to fall by the Holy Spirit, but, unfortunately, there was no one there to catch her when she fell,” her lawyer, Andrew Siben, said.

The woman, Sophia Reitan, proclaimed, “God loves me,” when notified of the cash award in her personal injury case.

Devout congregants at the Pentecostal services at the Upper Room Tabernacle Church in Dix Hills would often quake and tremble during services when the spirit moved them – then fall backward when the minister gave them a push, Siben said.

But he said his 65-year-old client became partially disabled when the minister “placed his hands on her head and caused her to fall backwards.”

He charged that Reitan, of Central Islip, was allowed to hit the hard floor of the church during the September 1997 service and had to receive hospital treatment and surgery for a fractured arm that has left her partially disabled.

Siben said it was routine for worshipers to be pushed or to fall during services, but church officials failed to take proper precautions to avoid injury.

Reitan’s court papers claimed the church should have provided “safety devices . . . including ropes or cushioning” to catch the falling worshipers.

The settlement from the insurance company for the house of worship “represents a very fair and just sum for a substantial injury,” Siben said.

Siben said the woman was unavailable to discuss her case because the Almighty told her not to comment.

The lawyer explained his client had “a religious moment – God told her not to speak about the case. If God told her not to speak, she’s not going to violate that,” Siben said.